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UCLA assistant professor Sarah Roberts analyzed the mental and physical effects of being a social media content moderator in her book, &quot;Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media,&quot; which was released in June. (Courtesy of Stella Kalinina)

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This post was updated August 25 at 9:14 p.m. Followers of social media accounts aren’t the only ones checking over online posts – so are human content moderators.

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Q&A: Professor addresses the role and repercussions of being a content moderator

By Alexsandra Coltun Schneider

Aug. 25, 2019 9:07 p.m.